= About Tychosoft Extensions
This package collects and centralizes testing for many common C# classes I use in other packages. These used to be duplicated or vendored in other packages. Since I often write C# service daemons, this collection focuses on that use case, though these classes may have general uses in client applications as well.
Tychosoft Extensions are meant to be usable on C# and dotnet generically and should be fully buildable cross-platform. Most often they would be acquired as a nuget package. They should also work fine producing native AOT code. Currently I am testing and developing these classes with .NET 8.0. A simple Makefile is provided to make it easy to build and test on Linux systems or in wsl. One can also use Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code for development.
Tychosoft Extensions makes use of the Microsoft Logging extension, in a new and more effective stand-alone cross-platform componentized manner. Otherwise there are no other C# packages this package currently depends on.
The primary means of distribution is as a nuget package and the latest release should be made available thru the nuget packaging site. A stand-alone detached source tarball may also be produced from a repository checkout. It can also be possible to vendor these extensions into another project using git submodules.
This project is offered for public use and has a public project page at https://www.github.com/tychosoft/tychoext which has an issue tracker where you can submit public bug reports, a wiki for hosting project documentation, and a public git repository. Patches and merge requests may be submitted in the issue tracker or thru email. Support requests and other kinds of inquiries may also be sent thru the tychosoft gitlab help desktop service. Other details about participation may be found in the Contributing page.